We've now entered the final week of existence for legendary New York venue CBGB. Here's a reminder on how the schedule of performances shaped up.

Tonight and the following two evenings will see performances by the reunited Bad Brains. The pioneering punk act will be joined tonight by Avail and tomorrow by the Bouncing Souls. The Talking Heads get a tribute show on Thursday, which falls far short of an appearance from the group but acknowledges the club's place in their history. The Dictators will take the stage on Friday and Saturday, the second night joined by Blondie members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. Finally Sunday will see the doors close following a performance from Patti Smith. The performances will likely be streamed from the CBGB website.

if you never got to go, it was a very nice place. i took pictures everywhere. the night i went it was just a local teen band night, but it was still cbgb's. just the bathroom alone is historic. all the greats that shot up in there.....dee dee, johnny thunders.....

What are you talking about? That's fantastic that The Dictators are headlining 2 of the last 3 nights, along with Patti Smith on the last night. Props for The Waldos and the Deborah Harry appearances too! (The Waldos = surviving members of Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers). Only missing band at this point is the refurbished NY Dolls...

Faded Grey, Curl Up and Die, and M.I.A. are probably the most well known good bands to come from Vegas, but we've had some good locals for years. And the Double Down is still open and still the best place in town.

That's exactly what I originally thought, but word is they are putting it in a pretty scuzzy location downtown. When the rumors about it were flying around a couple years back everyone thought it would be near the planet hollywood in the the Alladin, which made me think it would be a complete novelty. If it's on the corner of Fremont and Las Vegas Blvd it could definitely have a scuzzy old bar type vibe.

I still think it'll probably be lame, but if it brings some reasonably priced good shows to town I'll be stoked.

Oh yeah, and since I've been there (and played there), I guess that means my opinion has some weight? Suggesting NYC is less rich in music than Vegas is silly. Just in terms of diversity, NYC beats the pants off of Vegas.

Plus, Presley, Sinatra, and Cash weren't FROM Las Vegas, they just ended up there often in their mid-late career.

I know that. But many fans of Sinatra, Cash and Presley think of Vegas when they think of them. I know Vegas might be a whirlwind of fake bullshit, but there is a rich tradition in music here. I think CBGB should be relocated here because other famous places like Studio 54 and Coyote Ugly for example are here. It's place, where people can remember the good times from the past. I think that is what Las Vegas is all about. It really is a special place.

It's "special," alright! Ha ha ha... seriously, I have fun in Vegas and I have nothing against your city. We've played a couple of really cool shows and found great people there, but we've also played a number of eh shows too. As a music town, it's not a music mecca like NYC, Chicago, L.A., S.F., Austin, etc.

Fuckin' A. Watching the live stream, right now McRad's on. What happened? I saw McRad dozens of times in the late 80s and it was never the Chuck Treece Guitar Solo Extravaganza. 22 minutes into their set they're FINALLY playing something from "Absence of Sanity"- "Weakness". Hopefully the rest of the set doesn't sink back into mediocrity. Oh man, scratch that. An "I Against I"-speed version of "McShred"?

Yikes, maybe I'm lucky to have missed them when they came through here last year. Man, I still love McRad but man...

Just got back home from the show. I was pretty disappointed. I left when HR put on a full face motorcycle helmet (singing through mic in there, not that you could hear it) and started flashing Nixon-esque "V"-for-Victory signs. OK, i am pretty sure they were peace signs, but still... The band made the crowd wait a really long time before they played, and then the sound was shitty. all in all, I call it a waste of 2 tix at 40$ a pop, plus $80 for the baby sitter and $20 for the pizza. FUCK!! But you know what kids? it's true. you cant go home again.

I was at the show and yes it got off to a really bad start. HR kinda came around though and the show got much better. Anybody that had visions of HR jumping around on stage like it was 1979 is out of their minds. I wish that were the case, but you had to go to the show knowing what it would be like.